A 24-year-old man from Black Rock, Fort Ben­nett, is ex­pect­ed to be charged with the mur­der of Ver­na­do George, al­so called Mon­ster, who was shot and killed on March 25 at Tur­tle Beach, Black Rock.

Po­lice said the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions gave the in­struc­tions on Wednes­day night to lay charges. The sus­pect will al­so face charges of pos­ses­sion of a firearm and pos­ses­sion of am­mu­ni­tion.

George, 32, was gunned down while hav­ing lunch with three cowork­ers. Eye­wit­ness­es said two masked men dressed in blue jumpers ap­proached him and opened fire. He was shot mul­ti­ple times while sit­ting in the back of a van. The sus­pects then ran in­to near­by bush­es.

Po­lice have been ex­plor­ing whether the killing was an act of re­tal­i­a­tion but have not dis­closed the sus­pect­ed mo­tive.

George, of Pem­broke, was em­ployed with Gen­con Ltd, a com­pa­ny con­tract­ed by T&TEC for tree-cut­ting ser­vices. His mur­der was To­ba­go’s third for the year.